Blood banking · North Dakota

Vitalant ND Fargo

Name: Vitalant ND Fargo Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Fargo, ND · ~86 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 5.2
Avg TCR: 3.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Vitalant ND Fargo runs at 137% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Blood banking workplace, earning a grade D.

Vitalant ND Fargo: 5.2 TCR = 137% of Blood banking BLS 3.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Vitalant ND Fargo safety composite

Vitalant ND Fargo scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 29%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 5.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 50% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

Rising injury rate

Vitalant ND Fargo: 0.0 → 5434.8 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 5434.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2023

Vitalant ND Fargo's TCR rose 5434.8 from 0.0 in 2018 to 5434.8 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 621991 · Fargo, ND ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.2 · 137% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #8/12
PHOTO Rialto 10507
BOOK 5y book
INJ 22 inj
SIZE ~86 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Rialto 10507 (0.0 TCR gap)

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5.2
Rialto 10507

5.2
Iowa City-Gilb

5.2
Riviera Beach

5.2
Interstate Blo

5.2

What this shows Vitalant ND Fargo averages 5.2 TCR (137% of the Blood banking BLS benchmark).

Vitalant ND Fargo TCR series: 2018=0 · 2020=5.7 · 2021=9.8 · 2022=5.4 · 2023=5434.8 · BLS 3.8

Where Vitalant ND Fargo falls in its industry

1,713 Blood banking establishments

Safer than 39% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 12 Blood banking employers in North Dakota.

Vitalant ND Fargo (86 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 4.3

Vitalant ND Fargo has more employees than the Blood banking median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.3. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year	TCR	DART	Injuries
2023	5434.8	0.0	5
2022	5.4	3.3	5
2021	9.8	8.4	7
2020	5.7	1.1	5
2018	0.0	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

621991 · ND · Fargo

1,713 Blood banking employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,696 rated employers in North Dakota with headcount on file · 415 employers in Fargo, ND · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Rialto 10507	RIALTO, CA	5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Iowa City-Gilbert, IA - BPC	IOWA CITY, IA	5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Riviera Beach 10115	RIVIERA BEACH, FL	5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Interstate Blood and Plasma - Madison (Anderson), WI	MADISON, WI	5.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Cargill Agricultural Supply Chain - West Fargo	WEST FARGO	86 FTE
STATE-SIZE	FAR	WEST FARGO	86 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Fargo/Moorhead ND FXFE-FAR	WEST FARGO	86 FTE
STATE-SIZE	NDWIL - WILLISTON	WILLISTON	86 FTE
CITY-NEAR	ND,Fargo-Medical Center-General Medical And Surgical Hospitals	Fargo	2,963 FTE
CITY-NEAR	ND,FARGO - North Medical Center Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	Fargo	2,722 FTE
CITY-NEAR	ND,FARGO - Fargo Medical Center Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	Fargo	2,568 FTE
CITY-NEAR	ND,Fargo-Broadway Hospital-General Medical And Surgical Hospitals	Fargo	2,547 FTE
NAT-TCR	MercyOne Family Clinic - Clear Lake	Clear Lake, IA	5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Bayfront Health St. Petersburg	St. Petersburg, FL	5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Curtis Lumber Co. Inc. Ballston Spa	Ballston Spa, NY	5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Big Lots Store #1380 BETHLEHEM, PA	Bethlehem, PA	5.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Wesley Heights	Shelton, CT	86 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Middlewoods of Farmington	Farmington, CT	86 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Rowan Community Inc	Denver, CO	86 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Seneca Dairy Systems, LLC	Seneca Falls, NY	86 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.